Job Description

Roles and Responsibility
Job Summary

• This position would be responsible for leading the direct tax (DT) within the Tax CoE function in GFS Chennai/Bangalore. This includes data collation, data analysis, data validation, reports consolidation, reports validation and reconciliations.
• Lead and drive the global process model for the DT stream. Manage the team to deliver on the end to end processes. Manage stakeholders in across GFS, countries and at group tax level.
• Work with multi jurisdiction tax compliance and reporting in Industry (preferably banking) and hands on experience as a reviewer for Tax compliance and reporting processes. Planning and Forecasting experience is preferred.
• Support the Tax leads in coming up with a training plan, ensure the necessary tool sets are in place and make sure the training plan is executed smoothly and in a timely manner.
• Work on the activities directly identified/assigned and deliver them within the agreed timelines.
• Disseminate the knowledge on existing as well as ongoing changes happening in the systems and processes in an organized manner to the rest of the team members and bring them up to speed to perform the activities.
• Support the team in delivering the agreed processes, by assigning some of the processes to self to manage peak working load.
• Supporting and provide guidance on Indian Tax compliance including Tax audit, TP audit and assessments, handling IT notices and ITAT appeals.
• To meet the timelines of all India Tax Deliverables without any deviation as there is a regulatory expectation in meeting the timelines by planning the activities/deliverables and assign them to the team accordingly.
• Provide the necessary updates to stakeholders/Project working groups on a regular basis.
• Engage in a positive and pro-active stakeholder management
• Interact with Key Project team members/stakeholders to understand Regulatory Impact / Changes
• Keep operating instructions\xe2\x80\x99 documents up to date

Strategy

• Manage, coach, develop and engage a team of high performing individuals.

Business

• Tax CoE is responsible for producing high quality, timely tax returns & tax reports for the Group and countries.Tax CoE covers financial tax reporting, tax compliance, tax controversy, tax forecasting, client tax reporting and transfer pricing processes

Processes

• Identify opportunities to remove process waste, engage in standardisation of various reporting packs and encourage, drive and support automation initiatives thereby reduce / remove the non-value adds in the process.
• Establish robust control and governance on the process
• Drive productivity and achieve cost efficiencies through continuous improvement initiatives.
• Drive a culture to capture appropriate metrics for tracking actual hours/ standard hours/ errors etc
• Ensure detailed documentation and it is up to date for all processes

People & Talent

• Manage, coach, develop and engage a team of high performing individuals

Risk Management

• Delivery of standard reports as per the commitments in accordance to respective country compliance. Manage the process with no errors. Identify and raise any issues on timely manner

Governance

• Stakeholder feedback on quality of analysis & decision support

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group\xe2\x80\x99s Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Lead the Global processes to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank\xe2\x80\x99s Conduct Principles.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key stakeholders

• Country tax team, Business and central finance, Business operations and internal tax reporting team.

Our Ideal Candidate

• To possess one of the qualifications \xe2\x80\x93 CA/CWA/MBA
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills and need to have attention to details
• Ability to think creatively and be able to adapt quickly to change
• Ability to lead and motivate team
• Ability to work closely with teams from various departments and all levels of management
• Proficiency in MS Office functionality and working experience in PeopleSoft, S.A.P, transaction processing systems and related software
• Good working knowledge of international banking products, systems and/or processes including a previous work experience in any data warehouse infrastructure is highly preferable
• Previous experience of regulatory reporting project would be an advantage
• Good written and verbal communication skills

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Reconciliation
• Data Management
• Data Analysis
• Financial reporting
• Problem-solving skills
• Technology expertise

About Standard Chartered
We\'re an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 years, we\'ve worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you\'re looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents. And we can\'t wait to see the talents you can bring us.
Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you\'ll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion. Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do.
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well.
• Be better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others and work collectively to build for the long term.

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 weeks maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits.
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

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